| Thomas Blacklock - English poetry - 1754 - 248 pages
...concave of the fky, To tofs, and on my head exhauft its rage. DEJECTING profpedt ! foon the haplefs hour May come'; perhaps this moment it impends, Which...forth to penury and cold, Naked and beat by all the ftorms of heav'n, Friendlefs and guidelefs to explore my way ; Till, on cold earth this poor unfhelter'd... | |
| Thomas Blacklock - Scottish poetry - 1756 - 322 pages
...fky,. Tcfva&y ttn3 ,dri my head exhaufl its rage. DEJECTING^ proip^d ! fbon the haplefs hour May oome| perhaps -this- moment it impends, .*'"•)' Which drives me forth -to penury and cold, Naked, and,beat by all the ftorms of heav'n, Friendlefs. an<d guidelefa. to. explore my wayj. Till, on cold... | |
| Books and bookselling - 1793 - 450 pages
...in the fubfequent period of his life : " Dejecting profpcA ! foon the haplefs " hour '*' May cohie ; perhaps this moment it " impends, ' " Which drives me forth to penury and " cold, i« Naked, and beat by all ths ftorms of ." heaven, " Friendlefs and guidelefs to explore my " way;... | |
| James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 1793 - 380 pages
...sometimes overclouded them in the subsequent period of his life. " Dejected prospect ! soon the haplefs hour May come ! — perhaps this moment it impends,...penury and cold, Naked and beat by all the storms of heav'n, Friendlefs and guidelefs to explore my way ; Till, on co-Id earth, this poor unfhelter'd head... | |
| 1798 - 488 pages
...overclouded them in the fubfequent period of his life : " Dcjeftcd profpeä ! foon the hap!efs h'iur " May come ! — perhaps this moment it impends, " Which...drives me forth to penury and cold, " Naked and beat by 2!! th?- ftorms of Hejv'n. • «' Friendltfi and guidrlefs to explore my way; " Till, on doid earth,... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 418 pages
...following pathetic lines, and which sometimes overclouded them in the subsequent period of his life : Dejecting prospect ! soon the hapless hour May come...to explore my way; Till, on cold earth, this poor unsheltered head Reclining, vainly from the ruthless blast Respite I beg, and in the shock expire.... | |
| 1811 - 644 pages
...to cover the well) warned him of his danger. In the same melancholy poem he feelingly expressed his dread of falling into extreme want : " Dejecting prospect...good sense and religion enabled him to get the better pf these fears, and of all his other calamities, in his calmer hours ; and, indeed, in this very poem... | |
| John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...following pathetic lines, and^ BLA which sometimes overclouded them in the subsequent period of his life. " Dejecting prospect ! soon the hapless hour May come...drives me forth to penury and cold, Naked, and beat bv all the storms of heav'n, Friendless and guiucless to explore my way ; Till, on cold earth this... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1824 - 910 pages
...pends ! — . Which drives me forth to penurj and cold, Naked, and beat by all the storms of heav'n, Friendless, and guideless, to explore my way; Till, on cold earth, this poor uushelter'd head Reclining, vainly from the ruthless blast Respite I beg ; and, in the shock, expire.... | |
| Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1835 - 592 pages
...anguish wrung his heart in writing them, and we know that his situation justified his apprehensions. " Dejecting prospect ! soon the hapless hour May come...guideless to explore my way ; Till on cold earth this poor unsheltered head Reclining, vainly from the ruthless blast Respite I beg, and in the shock expire."... | |
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